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- William married Jeanne d'Albret (1528–72), heiress of Navarre in 1541, when she was just 13 years old, but this political marriage was annulled four years later.
William married Maria of Austria (1531–81), daughter of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary on 18 July 1546 and they had the following children:
1.Marie Eleonore (25 June 1550 – 1608), married Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia.[2]
2.Anna (1 March 1552 – 1632), married Philip Louis, Count Palatine ofNeuburg.[2]
3.Magdalene (1553–1633), married John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (brother of Philip Louis)[2]
4.Charles Frederick (1555–75)
5.Elizabeth (1556–61)
6.Sibylle (1557–1627), married Charles, Margrave of Burgau, a morganatic son of Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria and Philippine Welser [2][3]
7.John William (28 May 1562 – 25 March 1609), Bishop of Münster, Dukeof Jülich-Cleves-Berge, Count de la Marck, Count of Ravensberg, Lord of Ravenstein. He was first married in 1585 to Jakobea of Baden (died 1597), daughter of Philibert, Margrave of Baden-Baden. He was secondlymarried to Antonia of Lorraine (died 1610) daughter of Charles III, Duke of Lorraine.
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1516 - 1592 (76 years)
Siblings